The Law Is a White Dog - How Legal Rituals Make and Unmake Persons New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award Nominee (2019) a place where shoes fly

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The Law Is a White Dog - How Legal Rituals Make and Unmake Persons New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award Nominee (2019) a place where shoes flyA fascinating account of how the law determines or dismantles identity and personhood. Abused dogs, prisoners tortured in Guantnamo and supermax facilities, or slaves killed by the stateall are deprived of personhood through legal acts. Such deprivations have recurred throughout history, and the law sustains these terrors and banishments even as it upholds the civil order. Examining such troubling cases, The Law Is a White Dog tackles key societal